Responding to a question about the alarming rates of sexual exploitation of boys in Halverson responded:

We’re seeing really an era of silence around the sexual exploitation of boys and men. Society often promotes these myths that men or boys can’t be victims. They’re often met with more distrust than girls are when reporting those things. So the National Center on Sexual Exploitation is launching a concerted effort to raise awareness around these issues.

Halverson also explained why Congress must amend section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). Amending the law will better protect individuals from sex trafficking online.

The CDA is “basically giving broad immunity to websites that are knowingly facilitating trafficking of boys and girls online.” The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has been vocal about the issue of amending the CDA. Our organization and anti sex trafficking groups are facing opposition from tech giants like Google and Facebook.

Founded in 1962, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health crisis of pornography.